1. Aldermaston and Burghfield

2. 1952 – 1987 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 1987 – Atomic Weapons Establishment

3. Research Computers Lasers Core Punch Material Science

4. Computers Aldermaston Blue Oak 2002

5. Computers Blue Gene Lawrence Livermore Most powerful computer in the world

6. Computer projection (Teraflops)

7. Cost of nuclear computing USAWE £320 million per year ?

8. Orion Laser

10. US Equivalent – NIF

11. US NIF Completion date: was 2002 now 2009 Cost: was £500 million, now £2 billion

12. AWE Proposed Orion Laser Completion date: 2012 ?? Cost: ????

13. Current AWE Core Punch

14. Core Punch

17. Proposed Core Punch Facility

18. US Equivalent - DARHT

19. US DARHT Completion date: was 2002 now 2008 Cost: was £32 million, now £174 million

20. AWE Proposed Core Punch Completion date: 2012 ?? Cost: ????

21. Material Science Proposed new facilities at Aldermaston and possibly also at Burghfield.

22. US Equivalent - CMRR Chemical & Metallurgical Research Replacement (Los Alamos) Timescale: started 2002 completion date 2014 Cost: £500 million

23. AWE Material Sciences Facilities Completion date: 2012 ?? Cost: ???

24. Production Plutonium (primary) Uranium (secondary) Warhead Assembly

25. Plutonium production – A90

26. Built from 1980 to 1997 To be refurbished.

27. Work of A90 Secondary Primary A90 makes the plutonium pit at the centre of the Primary

28. Uranium Production Facility Site of proposed Uranium Production Facility

29. US equivalent Proposed Uranium Production Facility for the Y-12 site

30. Proposed US Uranium Facility Start: 2006 Completion: 2013 Cost:£400 m

31. Work of Uranium Prodution Facility Radiation case Secondary Primary US and AWE “Uranium Production Facilities” make secondaries and radiation cases.

32. Warhead assembly - Burghfield Current facility

33. New assembly facility - Burghfield Current facility Proposed new facility

34. AWE Management Ltd BNFL Lockheed Martin Serco

35. The view from Lockheed Martin AWE Sandia National Laboratory Reliable Replacement Warhead Trident contract Accuracy Adjunct Trident Missile Replacement